Correction: Tropical Medicine and Health (2023) 51:28 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-023-00521-z

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that the fifth author’s name needed to be corrected from “Rei Takeuchi” to “Rie Takeuchi”.

The correct author’s name has been provided in this Correction.

The original article [1] has been corrected.